Friday, January 8, 2016

"Medcha Wanto" created by Darth Daddy

After a very warm December, it finally feels as if winter has arrived. We had one of our first snowfalls here at home, and we felt that now would be the perfect time to post an action figure that fit the frigid temperatures we are beginning to experience.

In The Clone Wars first season episode Trespass, Anakin and Obi-Wan were caught in the middle of an escalating conflict between the furry territorial inhabitants of a desolate ice world and the greedy representatives of a nearby moon while investigating the disappearance of a clone security force. The Talz species was first introduced in A New Hope in the iconic Cantina bar scene with the character of bar patron Muftak. We loved that this species was brought back for an educational episode about the perils of advocating ethnocentrism. So much so, that we wanted to pay tribute to the episode by immortalizing one of the Talz characters in plastic.

Medcha Wanto was a Talz who was scribe to the Talz chieftainThi-Sen. Hasbro produced an action figure of Thi-Sen that was one of the best figures we got from The Clone Wars action figure line. With removable accessories, the action figure gave consumers the ability to army build all the Talz warriors that they liked.

Good friend and Star Wars customizer, Peak-OB1 had the brilliant idea of adding accessories to the base figure to create the Medcha Wanto action figure. To do so he fabricated a headdress and removable clothing to create the character. We really admired his brilliance, and were very thankful when he let us borrow his sculpted headdress to mold and cast to make one of our own. The casting process wasn't perfect (air bubbles are the enemy) so I had to make a few adjustments to his original sculpt to repair the cast that was made. After that I made a sculpt of his clothing and parchment from Green stuff to complete the figure. Like Peak-OB1 Custom Creations, I made the accessories removable. We really liked how the figure came out!

"Medcha Wanto"

created by Darth Daddy

SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED

Image courtesy of Lucasfilm.

This is for a fan who asked if we could start sharing work in progress pictures.

"Medcha Wanto"

created by Peak-OB1 Custom Creations

Peak-OB1 sent us the headdress of his "Medcha Wanto" custom action figure so I could mold and cast it and make one for Elias.

We'd love to cast the bone weapon Peak-OB1 made one day too, but we would need to get a pressure caster to do it.